Broom-frame.



G. H1 SEARS.

BROOM FRAME- APPLICATION FILED APR.2. 19I8, 1,296,861.

Patented Mai. 11,1919

RENEWED FEB. 1.1919.

lNl/E/VTUR eorgevf Sears ATTORNEY GEORGE i-r. snares, or GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA.

BROOM-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 2, 1918, Serial No. 225,226. Renewed February 1, 1919. Serial No. 274,569.

T all whom it may concern." r 'Be it knownthat I, GEORGE H. SnAns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Guthrie, in the county of Logan and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and Improved Broom-Frame,'of which the following is a full, clear,-and exact description.

This invention relates to brooms and has for anobject the provision of an improved construction whereby :the broom corn may. be held to a handle in the proper manner small amount of material and little work in assembling the parts. V

7 Another object in view is to providea broom frame formed so as to connect straight broom corn with a handle without the use of binding and rebinding now in common use. i 1 A still further object in view is to provide 7 means which may be clamped to a handle and then spread for producing substantially the usual shape of'broom now in use.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a side view of a broom constructed according to the present invention,

' certain parts being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through Fig. 1 on line 22;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through Fig. 2

r on line 33.

Fig. 4 is a transverse horizontal sectional view through Fig. 1 on line H.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through Fig. 4.- on line55.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view through Fig. 2 on line 6-6.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a broom handle of any desired kind to which the broom corn 2 is secured. A given quantity of broom corn 7 .2 is provided and is held in position adjacent the handle 1 until the binding members 3 and 4 are placed in position around the upper end, said binding members being con-.

nected to plates 5 and 6,'said plates being held in position by screws 7 and 8 extending into the handle 1 as shown in Fig. 5. 'As the screws 7 and 8 are tightened the broom corn 2 will be flattened to a certain extent and afterward when the clamping means 9 is placed in position the broom corn will be further flattened out so as to assume the positionas shown in Figs. 2 and 4;. After the clamping members 3 and 4, which may be cord or. wire, or other material has been placed in position thefastening member 9.is

placed'in position which fastening member consists :of a number of'parts shownmore particularly inFigs.2 and 3. .This fastening member is provided'with a clamping.

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boltlO passing through the lowerend of the handle 1 and through the .platesll and 12 as shown in Fig. 2. Plate 12 extends for almost the full width'of the broom and acts;

as a stiffening maintaining structurefor the broomcorn 2, and also as maintaining mem bers'forthe transverse wires 13, WhlCh WlIGS extend through suitable openings in plate 12.

These wires are provided with loops at the ends for forming eyelets through which a cable, wire, or other suitable flexible structure 14: is threaded as shown inFig. 2 and then extended through the clamping bolt 10 ing a reverse movement' the bolt is provided with a head having teeth 15 engaging suitable teeth on the spring bracket 16 bolted or otherwise rigidly secured to the plate 12. After the parts have all been assembled as described a finishing hood 17 is placed in position over the top end of the broom corn,

7 said hood having an aperture therein so that itmay be moved over the handle 1 and down over the broom corn to substantially the position shown in Fig. 1. This hood may be made from leather, metal, canvas or any other desired material, and acts merely for giving the broom 'a'finished appearance. It may be removed at any time and also the various clamping members may be removed or partially removed and new broom corn substituted for the old broom corn, after which the clamping members are replaced and tightened. In this way the broom corn may be renewed from time to time and the same frame or clamping means used over and over. The various members may be removed as above described, or in any desired way, and the clamping bolt 10 may have the head carrying the teeth 15 formed into al with the body on the end, while the en 18 may be threaded thereon or may be provided by upsetting the end ofthe bolt. As this bolt is in the way of the tie member 19 said tie member is loopedthrough the-plate 11' instead of plate 12 and thereby properly a holds the broom corn opposite bolt 10.

' said handle and positioned-centrally of the 7 connected with :said

broomcorn, aclamping band encircling said broom corn, a plurality of t1emembers-connected with said band extending through said plate and thebroom corn, andmeans plate for bringing said band under tension.

2. A, broom frame comprising a handle, an. upper clamping structure for clamping a supply of broom corn to the handle and a lower clamping structure for clamping-said broom corn to said handle, said lower clamping structure comprising an encircling member, tie members extending through the broom corn at spaced intervals loosely en Copies of this patent may; be obtained for five .cents each,, by addressing,,the.- (Commissioner .of 7 Washington, D. C.

gaging said encircling member onfiopposite sides of sald broom corn, and a rotatable winding member for bringing said encircling member under tension, said winding member being connected with said handle.

3. A broom frame comprising a handle,

an upper broom corn clamping membercon:

Y nected with said handle and a lower broom corn clamping structure connectedwvithxsaid handle, said lower clamping structure com prising a cable encircling'saidbroom com,

a plurality of transverse tie members; extending through the a broom corn, saidtie members being looped over said cableja-t each end of the tie members, a-bolt positioned with one end in said handle and the -othera' end extending through said rbroomicorn, saidcable havin the ends thereof: connected with said b'o t, said bolt bei-ng formed -with ahead having'ratchet teeth and arresilientmember having ratchet teeth coasting-with,

the ratchet teeth on said headwhe-reby when said head is rotated forwinding said-cable said ratchet teeth will prevent a reverse movement.

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